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This week’s words
dox
photoshop
defriend
affluenza
peeps

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PRONUNCIATION:

(FOT-uh-shop)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To digitally alter an image, especially in order to distort reality.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used software package for editing images. Earliest documented use: 1992.

USAGE:

“In the name of modesty an Israeli ultra-Orthodox publication photoshopped the female leaders from its coverage.”
First -- And Last -- Do No Harm; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 24, 2015.

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